Sprinklers

[Pat]

Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

[Ken S. Tucker]

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

[George Conklin]

Post by Ken S. Tucker

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.

[g***@gjmaia.com]

Post by George Conklin

Post by Ken S. Tucker

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.

yup............time to add a pond to the project!

[Pat]

Post by g***@gjmaia.com

Post by George Conklin

Post by Ken S. Tucker

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals.  I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes.  Ugh.  Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies.  Insurance companies these days are starting to
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.

yup............time to add a pond to the project!

Ummmm, around here we have that. They put a pipe into the pond and
run it underground to up near the road. Then fire companies have
better access to water (especially in winter) to fill their tankers.

[George Conklin]

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Post by George Conklin

Post by Ken S. Tucker

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting

to

Post by g***@gjmaia.com

Post by George Conklin
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.

yup............time to add a pond to the project!

Ummmm, around here we have that. They put a pipe into the pond and
run it underground to up near the road. Then fire companies have
better access to water (especially in winter) to fill their tankers.
----

Also, in NC the local fire station has a 1,000 gallon tank at the end of
the driveway with a traditional fire plug over it. So far they have not had
to use it, but I mow around the plug.
Of course, in the city house there is a traditional fire plug on the city
water supply across the street.

[George Conklin]

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Post by George Conklin

Post by Ken S. Tucker

Post by Pat
Did anyone else notice that whatever the group is that controls the
"model" building code is voting on a series of new proposals. I guess
the ones re high-rises have been withdrawn but there is still one on
the table to require sprinklers in ALL new residential units,
including single family homes. Ugh. Seems like a bit of overkill.
Besides, what would one then do with a rural home that's on a well.

Definitely overkill. It's cheaper to buy fire insurance.
In our wee home we have 2 smoke detectors and a
firehose, (really a garden hose permanently connected
inside the house with a fast acting check valve and a
trigger controlled nozzle).
Every once in awhile a house explodes because of
a gas leak, how does a sprinkler perform then?
The moral of the story, use prevention otherwise
known as don't do something stupid, but be ready.
Ken

Rural homes need fire suppression far worse than urban homes, since
volunteer fire departments are rated only ISO 5/9, with the 9 for houses not
near urban water supplies. Insurance companies these days are starting to
ask that expensive McMansion built in rural areas have sprinkers.

yup............time to add a pond to the project!

Actually I based my comment on an actual incident from Missouri I heard
about from a fire station there while visiting. The company DID want
sprinklers.